Shirou, who returned from the Fairy Kingdom

The girl laughed happily.

At that moment, Shirou noticed that her shadow, illuminated by the moonlight, was expanding on the wall.

Karen's originally smooth and beautiful wavy hair, swaying in the wind, looked like some kind of menacing arthropod.

The sword that had pierced her chest slowly slid out, and the girl fell back to the ground with a thud.

Then, when she got up again, the young nun in black had already vanished without a trace.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

A strange woman with an unprecedented appearance appeared in the room.

The woman had regular features and fair skin. Although she wasn't wearing makeup, her eyes and lips were exceptionally alluring, and her messy, tied-up blonde hair had a reddish tinge.

She wore an orange jacket, a black leather skirt, and high heels, with her top daringly exposed, even revealing half of her rose-colored lace bra.

She was tall with slender limbs, and her full breasts and slim waist exuded the unique charm of a mature woman.

The woman wore a cheerful and friendly smile.

That was definitely not a fake smile; it was very natural—yet it gave off a chillingly calm feeling.

"........."

Karen held her breath and lost her composure.

Although Shirou had awakened her consciousness, her head was still spinning.

She couldn't remember how this woman had so easily gained her trust and taken her consciousness away.

The situation was completely different for Natalia, who was half-sex to a nightmare. Even now, thinking back on it, the shivers in her body still can't stop.

The woman gazed at the red-haired boy with a pleasant smile.

"Nice to meet you, Shirou~"

My name is Arach, which is transliterated into Japanese as Araku. Everyone in town calls me Dr. Araku.

If Shirou could also call me Dr. Arakawa with affection and tenderness, I would be very happy!

The woman called herself a spider (arach), and she certainly gave that impression.

Dr. Aragu's deadly and viscous gaze, like spider silk, tightly bound around everyone.

I was completely fooled...

This guy wasn't Heinrich's assistant at all.

He is neither a magician, nor a ghoul, nor a dead apostle.

She's human...right?

However, her hunter's instincts told her that the woman who called herself Dr. Arakawa was more dangerous than any heretic she had ever encountered.

Natalia suppressed a tremor in her body and asked, "What exactly is your relationship with Heinrich Zeppelin?"

Dr. A Liangju shrugged: "I was originally a free and unrestrained little grass, a woman who drifted with the wind like a spider without a nest, and I just happened to have a little bit of a connection with Mr. Heinrich."

"Your research is very interesting! Do you want someone to give you a hand?" He made this invitation, but Heinrich refused it outright.

Waaah~ This is the first time I've been rejected so bluntly by a man. I'm so heartbroken, so—"

Dr. A Liangju raised the corners of his mouth, revealing his sharp canines.

"Well, in the end, Heinrich-kun achieved his dream, so let's not dwell too much on the fact that someone modified his brain and memories, shall we?"

“This guy…” Natalia gritted her teeth.

Dr. A Liangju pouted like a child throwing a tantrum: "Don't look at me like that, Natalia, dear. I'm not the evil missionary you imagine, okay?"

When I got close to Heinrich, he had already been hunted down by the Association and the Church for causing the destruction of a village through human experimentation.

Rather, it was because of my intervention that Heinrich's potential harm was minimized.

"Does 'minimum' mean 10,000 victims?" Shirou said coldly.

"Is that so?"

Dr. A Liangju gave a dismissive smile.

"Okay, okay, I know, I know. I'll reflect on my actions when I get back and try my best to prevent another case of Heinrich going berserk like this!"

"...Do you think you have a future?"

As Natalia said this, she placed her hand over the pistol at her waist.

At the same time, Kallen also prepared to summon the Shroud of Relic.

Dr. Arakawa was not intimidated by the scene and calmly stated, "Even if you kill me here, it would be meaningless..."

Whether something is meaningful or not is not something you can decide!

Before she finished speaking, Natalia and Karen launched their attacks almost simultaneously.

The crimson shroud of the Virgin Mary bound Dr. Arakawa completely, robbing her of her mobility—

"Oh!"

The exploding bullet mercilessly pierced through Dr. A Liangju's forehead.

...Did it succeed?

That idea is so naive.

That was a woman who survived being pierced through the chest by a sword; how could she be easily killed just by having her head blown off?

but……

The bullets, which Natalia had magically altered, were different from ordinary modern weapons and should have indeed caused her harm.

"Silver bullets with added spell effects? Sorry, I've been immune to that for five hundred years~"

Dr. A Liangju smiled happily as the wound on his forehead regenerated and healed in a second.

Since firearms won't work... Natalia's body bursts with magic.

She decisively activated her "Body Frenzy" ability. Fortunately, she had caught up on sleep during the day, which gave her superhuman strength equivalent to that of a monster in a short period of time.

Natalia leaped up and kicked Dr. Aliang, who was bound by the Shroud of the Dead and unable to move.

“——————!!”

Dr. Arakawa glared at both Natalia and Karen.

Her golden pupils turned a vibrant deep red in an instant.

...It's the magic eye!

The moment Natalia became aware of this, it was already too late.

She was thrown against the wall, while Karen fell to the ground silently without resistance.

The situation reversed in an instant; the shroud binding Dr. Arakawa slowly fell away, and then…

"——————Sizzle."

Dr. A Liangju's body gushed out a large amount of blood.

Shirou appeared in front of her and pierced her abdomen directly with the "Enma Blade".

"Huh...?"

It was only then that Dr. A Liangju noticed the strangeness.

why?

Shirou Chika is clearly the most threatening opponent, so why do I deliberately ignore his existence and leave him completely unguarded?

Focused on dealing with the hunter and the nun, she neglected the real threat, and he got close so easily... How could this be...?

"!"

Dr. Arakawa looked at Natalia, who had been flung away by him.

—Is it the inducement of "illusion"?

Unexpectedly, I was defeated by a half-blooded descendant of a nightmare demon...

Dr. Arakawa used all his strength to push away Shirou Amamiya, stumbled backward and crashed into the wall, then fell heavily to the ground.

"Ouch...it hurts so much. I haven't felt this kind of pain in so many years..."

The woman leaned against the wall, clutching her bleeding abdomen.

His voice was intermittent, but a cheerful smile remained on his face.

"This pain seeps into my internal organs, as if melting away in my uterus and ovaries, it's so pleasurable, it's almost addictive...?"

Shirou, holding the "Enma Sword," walked up to Dr. Arakawa.

She raised her head, looked up at the boy who was coldly looking down at her, and forced a smile.

"You should know very well, right, Shirou? This level of skill is not enough to kill me."

Shirou observed her, nodding in agreement without changing his expression: "You don't even have a concept of death."

"!"

Natalia was taken aback by what she heard.

Although they had a rough idea that the "Dr. A Liangju" in front of them was not the real person, they were still taken aback to learn that she did not even have the concept of death.

"Ugh...!"

Dr. Arakawa let out a mournful cry, and Shirou, showing no mercy, kicked her to the ground.

"Even if I can't kill him, even if I don't have the concept of death, it doesn't matter..."

Shirou stomped one foot on the woman's back, then raised the "Enma Blade" above his head with both hands like an executioner.

"—I just need to kill you every time I see you."

"I see, that's a real shame. Actually, I thought... Shirou-chan would be like him."

Dr. A Liangju's handsome face was pressed against the dirty floor, revealing an expression of deep regret.

"No, Shirou and I are the same kind of people, and we will become like-minded partners."

Hmm~ My doctor's radar won't make a mistake.

I think you're just being misled by humans right now, and you'll come back to our side someday, won't you?

"Have you finished spouting nonsense?" Shirou asked expressionlessly.

The woman looked at the red-haired boy meaningfully: "Hehe... Well then, see you later, Shirou-chan. I look forward to working with you in the future."

The blade drew a beautiful arc in the night air.

The spider-like, bewitching woman, Arachne—Dr. Arachne's head rolled to the side with a "gurgling" sound.

Even with her lifeline severed, her beautiful and alluring face still smiled vividly.

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Volume 6, Chapter 277: The Truth About the Abused Spirit Media

Dr. A Liangju's head and body, which fell to the ground, dissipated like smoke under the moonlight.

"So, who exactly is this guy?"

Natalia frowned and asked.

This was the first time the battle-hardened female hunter had encountered such a bizarre and unsettling creature.

Is she a magician? Or a Dead Apostle?

She couldn't even determine this point.

He looked at Shirou questioningly—

Honestly, what am I expecting? Shirou-kun is just a kid who's still in high school.

Natalia felt that she had become a little too dependent on Shirou.