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"That...that."

"Yes, I'm sorry, but I have to do this." Tears welled up in Itan's eyes. Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka was about to ask what had happened, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen—

The child who had been hugging his leg plunged a dagger into his abdomen!

"Senior." Mashu quickly pulled the child away and shielded Fujimaru Ritsuka behind her.

At the same time, he skillfully knocked both the child unconscious.

"This is—!" Dr. Roman's communicator also came through at this moment: "Fujimaru! Mashu! Be careful—there's a life sign outside, it's getting closer, this feeling... it's villagers! The nearby villagers are all coming—"

"What on earth happened?" Feeling the pain in her abdomen, Fujimaru Ritsuka was covered in cold sweat and couldn't understand what was going on.

Does this mean the people in this village consider them enemies?

“Although I don’t know exactly what’s going on…” Yu Ji said, looking at the current situation, “it’s obvious that the people in this village want to kill you all. So, what should we do next? My suggestion is that we should kill them all.”

If it weren't for the need to temporarily conceal their non-human identity...

She simply said, "I'll go kill them all." However... it seems Mash is about to recognize her, and she probably can't hide it for long... At first, it was probably just a feeling of resemblance, but Roman even has her data...

Sooner or later, they will discover their true identity within Chaldea...

This is such a hassle. Rather than having my identity discovered, I'd rather find an opportunity to reveal it myself.

"No...don't kill him," Fujimaru Ritsuka said, her face pale. "Let's leave here."

"Are you joking?" Yu Ji frowned. "How could we possibly leave without killing them—"

“It’s possible, if it’s a Rider.” Fujimaru Ritsuka took a deep breath and used her spiritual pressure to temporarily stop the bleeding. “Um, Miss Yu Ji, could you please hold them off for a moment? I need to summon a Rider from Chaldea.”

"A pushover?"

Yu Ji said with a puzzled expression.

"I just... simply don't want more deaths."

"Ah... whatever you want. I can handle some of the villagers." Yu Ji sighed and walked out.

Looking at the villagers carrying various farm tools, he smiled and said, "Well then, I'll be your opponent from now on. If you value your life, then back off—"

"Kill her!"

"Kill that guy—"

"Kill them all!"

'What's going on?' Looking at the villagers who showed no fear whatsoever, only murderous intent in their eyes, Yu Ji sensed something was wrong. Could this village have been a trap from the start?

A trap awaits Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

On the other side, inside the room—

"Dr. Roman, how are the preparations going?"

"Yes, everything is ready, and we can begin at any time." Upon hearing Dr. Roman's communication, Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, preparing to begin the Heroic Spirit summoning.

"Wait a minute, senpai." Mashu's voice interrupted his thoughts. Mashu knelt down beside the unconscious child and brushed aside his hair—revealing a still-wriggling lump of flesh.

"What is this?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked, taken aback.

“It’s not just this child; Mr. Izanagi has one on his forehead too,” Mashu said, pulling back the cloth covering Izanagi’s head. “There’s also a lump of flesh here!”

P.S.: Merry Christmas!

Chapter 1225 Retreat

"Hoo hoo, is it finally my turn to make my appearance? I've been waiting for this for a long time." Iskandar, the Conqueror, stood up and said, "Well then... let me go see what's going on over there."

"Wait a minute! What's that—?"

"Huh? What's wrong?" Iskandar said, a little embarrassed, because he realized that Roman wasn't talking to him, but to the monitor. It seemed that something had happened at that singularity.

"Hey, isn't this kid?" Iskandar looked at Waver Velvet, the Servant who should now be called 'Kongming', and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Stand by..." Waver Velvet said with a hint of annoyance, "Da Vinci told me to come and stand by. If anything happens, immediately summon my spirit origin projection..."

This is not the first time.

Since he arrived at Chaldea... a rest?

What is that? A Servant can rest? You're kidding, he never rests!

But this time...

There was still some hope that he might be able to assist this conqueror king; otherwise, every time he appeared, his only thought was, "Who will kill me first so I can go back to Chaldea and rest for a while?"

Dr. Roman zoomed in on the image and said, "I know, this is granulation tissue!"

"Flesh buds?"

"Yes, it appears in Ryougi Kazuya's manga JOJO's Bizarre Adventure. It's the flesh bud that DIO uses to control his subordinates, but why is it here?"

"Could it be—that all the villagers have been taken into custody?"

......

"In this world, there are very few who don't obey my orders, DIO," DIO said, flipping through a book. "The Agravure I deliberately left behind, and the... the first Old Man of the Mountain I discovered earlier... apart from these two Servants, everyone in this singularity is my subordinate! Whether they are Heroic Spirits or ordinary people..."

If it's a Heroic Spirit, he uses the power of The World OverHea/ven to 'rewrite' and change that person's 'reality', making that person his subordinate.

If he were just an ordinary person, he would use the 'flesh buds' he mass-produced to control them, making everyone submit to his command, DIO!

“This singularity is different from the others.” DIO narrowed his eyes slightly: “You can’t get any help from this singularity. Monsters will attack you unconditionally, Servants are all my subordinates, and even ordinary people will choose to ‘assassinate’ you in various ways. If you are exposed, I will risk my life to injure you… They are all your enemies.”

"Hmm... but as expected, ordinary poisons are ineffective. Poison resistance, huh..." DIO frowned. "But the carefully prepared Gu worms were still destroyed. That woman..."

This is the singularity he's 'managing'.

but...

It failed as expected, the first assassination attempt. But if it weren't for that newly summoned Servant, it might have succeeded.

But as expected...

"So fate is on Chaldea's side this time after all. Some little tricks might not be useful... I see. So this is what they call 'counterforce'... Haha... In that case, I have to be careful of that woman. My life has been plunged into the abyss because of a few women, and this woman who was directly summoned through the Hall of Heroes... might just be the perfect counter to me, DIO. I absolutely cannot be careless. I must be careful and cautious."

The existence of the restraining force allowed the fate he had always relied on to come into full use.

Although the planet's restraining force is now very weak, we cannot be careless even so, for fate is completely against us.

but--

so what?

This kind of thing doesn't matter at all. As long as my The·World·OverHea/ven advances further, even the restraint force can be changed!

Copy your 'reality' onto it.

This will take time.

Location required.

as well as...

......

boom----!

"Ah—laaaaaaaa—!"

With a deafening roar, lightning struck from the sky, shattering the roof of the house. Shortly after, two oxen pulling a cart, accompanied by bolts of lightning, burst through the house and emerged from it.

"Moo—!"

Boom boom—

The lightning struck the surrounding crowd, but the power of the lightning was deliberately controlled and did not kill anyone. It only shattered the headscarves of the surrounding villagers, revealing what was underneath.

"Oh! As expected... those people also have that fleshy bud in their heads." Iskandar said, controlling the oxcart in mid-air, "If I'm not mistaken, everyone should have had this implanted, kid. What are you going to do?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka clutched her wound, while Mash activated the Mystic Code sent by Chaldea. With this, the injury would heal in no time, even though the knife seemed to be coated with poison.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka has excellent poison resistance, so this poison has little effect on him.

"Let's retreat," Fujimaru Ritsuka said. "Staying here won't do any good; it will only make us vulnerable to the enemy's exploitation. Let's retreat first and then look for an opportunity."

"Oh, come on!" Iskandar said, looking down at Yu Ji on the ground, "Hey—what are you waiting for? Hurry up and get on!"

"Ah, I understand!"

As Yu Ji spoke, she leaped onto the oxcart.

"It's so narrow..."

"Haha, well, this was originally meant to be my chariot all by myself. Hmm... but Assassin... doesn't seem like an assassin at all. Could it be that he doesn't even have the ability to conceal his presence?"

"How could there be none? There must be... probably..." Yu Ji paused, unsure of herself, and examined her spirit core before saying, "There's probably a B-level aura concealing it."

"Haha, I see, I see. Before going to Chaldea, I thought assassins were all despicable villains who attacked from behind. But... well, it seems there are quite a few real assassins like that. I summoned another one, but as expected, it's still not a real assassin! However... a dancer would be quite suitable! Hahahaha—"

Chapter 1226 Alien Planet

Visit Buzi City.

People who had been away from this world for some time have now returned.

However, the number of people was slightly different from when they left.

There were three people when they left, but only two came back.

Only Ryougi and Mi and Ryougi returned.

Ryougi Mana, on the other hand, remained in that world and will stay there for some time.

"It seems you've returned successfully. Good, no accidents occurred." Looking at the familiar room, Ryougi Kazumi nodded.

Despite this, D4C's time travel has been absolutely accurate, and there has never been a single mistake so far!

"Ah...so next we'll have to go to Chaldea to deal with the sixth singularity, right?" Ryougi Shiki said. "When do we go?"