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"Uh-huh?!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was taken aback, wondering if she had misheard: "What did you say?"

"I said I wanted to help you..."

The Matou girl's thin lips parted slightly as she calmly said again, "I will help you defeat Matou... Sakura!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes narrowed.

She certainly remembered the name, after all, it was the most crucial piece of information in the diary.

It was after receiving this information that Shoko Tohsaka was brutally murdered.

But you...aren't you Matou Sakura?

Fujimaru Ritsuka stared at the girl in front of her, seemingly trying to find the difference between her and the previous person.

Yes, the difference is quite significant. Her bust is several sizes smaller, and her overall demeanor seems much more lively, somewhat resembling Ms. Tokisaki, though she has a stronger air of a wealthy young lady...

"Why so surprised?"

The girl, with her silky black hair cascading like a waterfall, tilted her head and said, "You should have received the diary I left behind, um, through that spirit's transfer."

Or... do you really think such an important diary would be left lying around so carelessly? Do you think that without my help, the spirit could have easily fooled her?

"..."

There was just too much information to process. Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed her temples and looked at Matou-san: "So, you're not Matou Sakura, and you're going to help us deal with her?"

"Yes."

The girl with long, straight black hair nodded.

"why?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka squinted: "You don't think I can't tell that you and she are one, do you?"

What do you think of my reason for wanting to be the main actor?

The girl smiled.

"Let's just say that..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, then suddenly asked, "The spirits you just mentioned, could they be...?"

"Hmm? Of course, it's the soul of the special deceased Mai Sakurajima."

Matou frowned and said, "I wrote it clearly in my diary, Sakurajima Mai has already been eaten by her."

Is Mai Sakurajima, the third leader of Chaldea, really dead?

Countless thoughts flashed through Gudako's mind, leaving her feeling somewhat bewildered.

She vaguely remembered that Hayasaka Ai had said that before entering this world, Sakurajima Mai's abilities weren't this exaggerated.

The loss of presence means that people ignore or are unaware of the person in question, not that they cannot see them.

If Mai Sakurajima died a few years ago, she would have gone from being alive to being dead, from having a physical body to becoming a spirit, and spirits are invisible to the naked eye.

Now it has become something that cannot be seen and is not recognized, and therefore it has been strengthened.

But that doesn't make sense either. The investigation into Mai Sakurajima happened several years ago, and Mai Sakurajima only arrived in this world two years before the Holy Grail War began...

She suddenly looked up at the exquisitely beautiful girl.

The other party seems to have the same special ability as Mai Sakurajima, which is outside the magic market, and it is a time-related special ability that allows them to travel through time!

"Did you take Mai Sakurajima back to a few years ago? Her superpowers have stopped working?"

"superpower?"

The girl with long, straight black hair chuckled and said, "What are you talking about? That's not a superpower, it's a curse."

"curse?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned.

"Yes, a curse."

The girl with long, straight black hair said with some apprehension, "My devouring ability is not just about the physical body, but also about devouring and digesting the soul."

So why didn't she consume Mai Sakurajima's soul?

Because Mai Sakurajima carries a curse that even she fears, or rather, Mai Sakurajima's soul doesn't belong to her own; it belongs to some kind of extremely terrifying phenomenon, or rule.

Even the underworld dared not accept her soul, leaving her to wander the earth forever, mostly as a mindless, muddled puppet, attacking humans and dragging their souls into the same hell as her.

Mai Sakurajima only briefly regained her senses after the Holy Grail War began, believing she had just arrived in this world.

"What a terrible curse... Wait, warp space?"

A chill ran down Gudako's spine as her expression suddenly changed, and she realized what was happening.

Everything seemed to be related to that terrible thing.

"I suppose so. The root of that curse is much higher than the level of the strange life forms in the subspace. You can think of it as part of the subspace, or at least they were once one."

"Integrated with the subspace..."

Gudako smiled wryly.

Roman and Leonardo da Vinci's speculation that the warp is the opposite of the Root Vortex, or perhaps a maddened Root, or a part of the Root... is terrifying.

"I know you must have also discovered those strange tales that exist somewhere in this world. You can call them eerie phenomena or unusual sights."

It might be an apartment building, a residential complex, or even a novel website or a live streaming room... It doesn't seem like there's any particularly terrible disaster, but...

In short, even if something seems harmless, never come into contact with it, even if it means death. It's better to die than to get involved. Treat it as if it never exists, or you will fall into an endless abyss.

For the first time, Matou-san revealed a clear expression, filled with deep apprehension and warning.

"..."

Gudako timidly raised her hand and asked, "What if we make contact?"

Matou fell silent, then silently took a step back, her deep red eyes flashing with killing intent. Instantly, the surrounding thousands of fantasy creatures fled for their lives like frightened rabbits.

Gudako in front of him was almost suffocating. The reason she wasn't killed by the soul suppression was simply to give her a chance to explain.

So, just how terrifyingly high has the girl's spiritual level risen?

"etc...."

Gudako was terrified and quickly raised her hand: "Don't do anything, I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about someone else, or rather, a Servant."

"A Servant? Merlin... no, it's Leonardo da Vinci!"

Matou's tone became more certain, and she relaxed slightly, but still maintained her distance, only coldly warning: "I suggest you kill him immediately, and it would be best to completely destroy the records as well, to avoid polluting the Throne of Heroes."

"No, is it really that exaggerated?"

Gudako was starting to lose her composure.

Just how outrageous is that thing?

"Didn't I already say that? It's part of the subspace. This universe, the Throne of Heroes, the Counterforce, alien gods, those chaotic gods—everything originates from it."

Ms. Matou calmly replied, "You magicians usually refer to it as... the Root, right?"

Gudako remained silent.

Good news, Roman, you guessed right.

There's bad news, though. You guessed it, the Da Vinci affair is a hundred times more serious than you think.

for a long time.

"So...."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up, her small face gazing intently at the girl with long, straight black hair: "How can I trust you?"

"This is your business, you don't need to believe it. As the savior, you should have your own judgment."

Matou-san said coldly, "I have been observing you for a long time, including the other Chaldea... In fact, I am not satisfied with any of you. You are stupid, immature, arrogant, and weak... I see no possibility of victory at all."

Before Gudako could ask, she said calmly, "But at this point, do you think I still have a choice?"

"Indeed."

Gudako gave a wry smile.

In fact, she had no choice. Things had gotten this serious, and it was clear that the destruction of the world wouldn't be the end of it.

"Well then, let me introduce myself..."

The dappled sunlight, like scattered gold dust, fell on her skirt. The girl with long, straight black hair looked quietly at Gudako and calmly said:

"I was the first person eaten by Matou Sakura, and also her first pseudo-personality, named Tokisaki Kurumi."

......

"It's the final battle! Who will emerge victorious and achieve their goal?"

The moonlight, like water, poured into the courtyard, illuminating Rosser as he drank alone, and also the hem of a Kurumi figure with a solemn and profound pose displayed on the eaves. He admired it for a moment before saying:

"San San, why did you climb so high?"

Kurumi Tokisaki didn't speak, but simply looked quietly at the boy's handsome and energetic face.

He seems more human than anyone else, so why does he feel so inhuman?

"I can see the indentation in the middle of the panties~~, nice layout, keep it up."

Rosser exclaimed in admiration.

next moment.

A blush rose on the girl's delicate, smooth neck. She easily jumped down from under her skirt and rushed to Roser, looking at him with shame and indignation: "Rude, you perverted god, be a gentleman!"

"Hey hey hey~, I've watched it since I was a kid~, and also....."

The young man gave a perfunctory reply, picked up his glass, and took another sip: "Thank you for the compliment."

What's wrong with men being perverted? If they weren't perverted, where would the world's more than eight billion people come from?

I am proud to contribute to childbirth.

Seeing Kurumi staring intently at him, he raised his glass, raised an eyebrow, and said, "What? You want to drink? Let's make it clear first, you can only have one sip..."

Kurumi couldn't hold back any longer and said irritably, "Who wants to drink this stuff... wait a minute."

She sniffed the air with her little nose, then looked at the bright moonlight below and said incredulously, "So, what you're drinking alone under the moon is carbonated soda?"

"Is that not allowed? Don't you know that drinking is bad for your health?"

The boy spoke with righteous indignation, then clutched his kidneys and gasped for breath, saying, "Besides, if I'm injured, how am I supposed to satisfy all you ravenous girls who like me?"

"Who likes you?"

Kurumi's earlobes turned slightly red. She kicked Rosser's shin with her little leather shoe and said irritably, "Don't interrupt me, and don't drive at a time like this."

"When can that happen?"

The boy asked curiously.

"No, not at any time. Don't interrupt. I want to ask you..."

Kurumi Tokisaki tried hard to adjust her mindset, even though the plan should have put her in control.

After a long while, she remembered what she wanted to ask, staring intently at Rosser, and said, word by word, "You know what the other me, no, I should say, Matou Kurumi, did in secret, right?"

But she quickly shook her head: "You absolutely know, you know everything."

"I only know what I'm supposed to know~"

The boy smiled.

"Can you tell me what her purpose was in slaughtering so many people, preparing for three years or even longer, and carrying out this massive ritual? Was it really just the ascension to Outer God, as we've speculated?"

Kurumi stared into Rosser's eyes.

The boy stared at her beautiful heterochromatic eyes and winked at her, subtly adding a dazzling electric light to his gaze.

The electric eye is piercing in a physical sense.

"boom!"

Kurumi Tokisaki kicked him in the shin, her face expressionless: "Be serious."