Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 339 Side Story: The Holy Grail War (1)

"Declaration——"

"Your life is entrusted to my command, and my fate is tied to your sword."

"If you follow the destiny of the Holy Grail, and act in accordance with this will and reason, then respond."

"I swear to this."

“I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world.”

"I am the one who cleanses the world of all evil."

"You are bound by the three great incantations of the Seven Heavens,"

"Descend from the wheel of self-restraint, guardian of the scales—!"

"However, what I seek is your madness."

"Abandon reason and roar like a wild beast."

"With a painless body and a burning rage."

"Crush our enemy—!"

"By the Throne of the Berserker, nameless hero!"

A dark, damp basement.

Unknown incantations were being recited one by one by the hooded man.

Before him was a magic circle radiating purple light, which grew even brighter as the man chanted his incantation.

At the same time, an ominous magical power, a mixture of purple and black, permeated the surroundings.

It was as if an ominous monster was about to crawl out of an open tunnel into hell!

As the incantation was finished, countless purple magical energies converged here, gradually forming a tall, heavily armored black knight.

This is……

"Lancelot, the first knight of the legendary Knights of the Round Table under King Arthur."

The man named Matou Kariya looked at the other person, panting heavily. The pain of the Crest Worms crawling inside his body made him let out a muffled groan.

"You succeeded, Kariya."

A short, bald old man stood beside him, staring in amazement at the figure before him.

However, at this moment, the man named Matou Kariya suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his magical power surged out like a dam being breached!
This caused Matou Kariya to collapse to the ground in agony, howling in pain and struggling incessantly!
At this moment, as Matou Kariya's magical power surged in, the magic circle that was emitting purple light suddenly turned bright pink!
The entire basement was bathed in an unparalleled pink glow!
Lancelot, who had just appeared clad in heavy armor, remained motionless, seemingly unaware of anything amiss.

Because he is a berserker, his rationality has been destroyed, and he will only obey his Master's orders.

At this moment, Kariya Matou collapsed to the ground, groaning in agony. The Crest Worms within him were frantically draining his life force, so how could he possibly give Lancelot any orders?

At that moment, a voice came from the pink magic circle.

Who stepped on my head?

"Get down here!"

A fair hand emerged from the magic circle and grabbed Lancelot's ankle, pulling him back into the magic circle!
An old man named Zouken Matou stared blankly at the scene, unable to comprehend the situation even after living for hundreds of years.

The Servant I just summoned was pulled back again?
Moreover, the Berserker, who has the highest stats among the seven classes, was completely powerless to resist.

At this moment, with Lancelot's departure, a brand new and unfamiliar Servant appeared before Zouken Matou.

Pink hair, green eyes.

She was dressed in a white flame outfit that was completely out of place in modern times.

She is a girl who looks only sixteen years old.

Zouken Matou looked at the new Servant before him and quickly searched his mind for heroes from mythological and historical eras whose physical characteristics matched the new Servant's.

but……

No one fits the description in front of them.

Only Astolfo, one of Charlemagne's twelve paladins, could somewhat match the other's image.

However, Astolfo is a male Servant.

The person in front of him was a young girl.

Furthermore, Astolfo couldn't possibly forcibly drag a summoned Servant back to Valhalla.

"What the hell?"

"Did the main body pull out its hair again?"

"If you keep pulling them out like that, you might go bald."

The girl appeared and scratched her head, saying things that Zouken Matou couldn't understand at all.

But judging from what the other party was saying, the thing in front of them was just a single hair of the so-called 'original body'?

Which heroic spirit are you?

"I have never heard of your existence."

Zouken Matou tapped the ground with his cane, trying to attract the girl's attention.

However, the girl simply walked step by step to Matou Kariya, who lay on the ground, lifeless and unsure of his condition. She knelt down, reached out and poked his head, and looked at him as she spoke:

"How did you say it again?"

"Oh, right, Sevrant, Berserker has been summoned."

"Are you my Master?"

However, Kariya Matou, who had already fainted due to the collapse of his magical energy, was completely unable to answer the questions posed by the girl who called herself Berserker.

"Very well, you've agreed."

The girl nodded as if no one was around, then placed her palm on Matou Kariya's body.

Golden light appeared at that moment, and the girl instantly understood Matou Kariya's physical condition.

"It's pretty bad, but it's not a big problem."

Having understood Matou Kariya's physical condition, golden Yang Release power instantly surged into his limbs and bones. Matou Kariya's body structure was rapidly recovering, and even the damaged magic circuits within his body began to be repaired one by one.

Sensing that the source of the opponent's magic power was the Crest Worm within her body, the Berserker named Sakura thoughtfully expanded the opponent's magic circuits to allow the Crest Worm to move freely.

In just a short while, Matou Kariya, who should have been an ordinary person but was forcibly turned into a magician by the Crest Worms, now possessed the qualifications of a top-tier magician.

Because Sakura not only expanded the opponent's magic circuits, but also used people from the ninja world as a template to transform the opponent into an 'ordinary person' with 130 trillion cells in the ninja world.

At this moment, Matou Kariya can be understood as having magic circuits all over his body.

Zouken Matou stared at this scene in disbelief.

The Crest Worms within Matou Kariya were his creation; how could he not sense what this unknown Servant had done to Matou Kariya?!

This is simply breaking the shackles on a magician's talent. Once you can obtain this kind of technique, it means you can mass-produce the most top-notch magicians!
How could he not be tempted?!
As the golden light spread, Matou Kariya's body was completely restored to health, and his eyelids twitched, indicating that he was about to wake up.

"Finish."

The girl clapped her hands, clearly not caring at all how much her actions affected the values ​​of the old man next to her.

"Such an outstanding Heroic Spirit, Kariya must have used up all his luck in his life here."

Zouken Matou looked at Kariya Matou, who was gradually waking up, and spoke.

"Old man, do you need me to treat you?"

"It seems you've taken the wrong path."

Sakura turned her head and looked at Zouken Matou.

"Hehe, that won't be necessary."

"I have my own way of living."

Zouken Matou took a step back, his body transforming into countless insects as he left the basement.

Matou Kariya is about to wake up. Now that he has such power, the first thing he will do when he wakes up is probably to attack Matou Zouken.

Although it was just a clone, Zouken Matou didn't care, but why waste a loss that could be avoided?

Sakura remained unmoved as she watched this scene unfold.

If the other person doesn't want treatment, that's their business.

It's like trying to save someone who's going to commit suicide; even if you save them once, they'll still try to commit suicide a second time.

So Sakura's approach to this kind of person is to watch him die.

At this moment, Matou Kariya had already woken up. The first thing he did upon waking was to quickly look at the empty and now dim magic circle.

"Where's Berserker..."

He spoke subconsciously.

"I am here."

Sakura responded to the other person.

"You are... Berserker?"

Kariya Matou looked at the girl in front of him in bewilderment.

"Yeah, that's right."

Sakura nodded in agreement.

"But I clearly summoned..." Matou Kariya was about to ask where his Lancelot had gone, but he inadvertently opened the Master's attribute panel for Servants.

Looking at the other party's impressive stats from start to finish, Matou Kariya shut his mouth.

Lancelot?

Who is that?
Kariya Matou indicated that they did not know each other.

"Thus, the contract is established."

Matou Kariya lit up three twisted Command Seals on the back of his hand.

"Quite sensible."

Looking at the man in front of her who knew how to assess the situation, Xiaoying smiled.

"Then, from this moment on, I am..."

At this moment, Matou Kariya suddenly realized that his body felt lighter than ever before, almost as if he had returned to the state he was in a year ago before he accepted the Crest Insects.

"I have restored your body."

"It's a trivial matter, no need to worry about it."

Sakura waved her hand.

However, these words made Matou Kariya's dark eyes suddenly light up.

"Is it... that it can cure all kinds of conditions?"

As soon as he said it, Matou Kariya realized he had made a mistake.

The opponent's inherent skills section prominently displayed those five glaring words.

The real god.

How could God not even save a little girl?

"If there is a hell in this world, I can destroy it."

The prerequisite is that the original body comes over.

Sakura's words made Kariya Matou tremble with excitement.

There is salvation, there is salvation!
Sakura is saved!
amount……

It seems that the deity incarnation before us is also named Sakura...

"Please, please come with me."

Faced with such a being, Matou Kariya didn't care about the hierarchy of Master and Servant at all, and bowed deeply to Sakura at a ninety-degree angle.

Sakura nodded, wanting to see what this guy was up to.

Holy Grail War.

Seven classes—Swordsman Saber, Archer, Lancer, Rider, Assassin, Caster, and Berserker—descend to the mortal realm to engage in a life-or-death battle. The final winner will be rewarded with the Holy Grail, a so-called 'wishing machine'.

All of these seven classes of Servants are historically renowned figures.

Simply put, it's about seven magicians summoning seven historical figures to fight, and the winner gets a chance to make a wish.

Although Sakura does not consider herself a so-called historical figure.

But it doesn't matter, since we're already here.

The main body is just too boring.

Following Matou Kariya out of the basement, Sakura was greeted by a nicely decorated small villa.

"I am the candidate from the Matou family, one of the three founding families, to participate in the Holy Grail War."

"Originally, I didn't plan to participate."

"Berserker..."

"Just call me Sakura."

Sakura mentioned it briefly.

"Okay, Sakura."

Kariya Matou did not care about the idea of ​​keeping the true names of Servants a secret in the Holy Grail War.

His target is Sakura, formerly known as Tohsaka Sakura, who has now been adopted into the Matou family and renamed Matou Sakura.

He wanted to protect the daughter of his childhood friend and the woman he loved, Tohsaka Aoi.

Now that Matou Sakura has been tormented by the Crest Worms for a year, if possible, he hopes that Sakura can help Matou Sakura get rid of the Crest Worms and recover her health. After he teaches that bastard Tohsaka Tokiomi a lesson, he will take Matou Sakura and run away together.

As Matou Kariya slowly recounted everything, Sakura stared at his retreating figure and clicked her tongue in amazement.

Licking the dog.

"You already have me helping you, why don't you think about stealing your childhood sweetheart away?"

Sakura asked.

"..."

“Aoi loves Tokiomi Tohsaka, and I don’t want to ruin Aoi’s family because of me.”

After a moment of silence, Matou Kariya responded to Sakura's question.

A one-sided, love-struck simp.

Sakura was speechless at this love-struck fool.

love?

Can that thing be eaten?

The two chatted idly until they reached a room on the second floor.

Matou Kariya knocked gently on the door, his tone unusually gentle.

"Sakura, are you asleep?"

Sakura remained silent, simply gazing at the other person.

She knew that Sakura wasn't calling her.

As the door was gently opened, a little girl with purple hair wearing a purple dress appeared in front of Sakura.

"Sakura..."

Looking at the expressionless, vacant-eyed little girl before him, Matou Kariya shed tears of emotion.

He endured a year of suffering for the sake of the child before him and even sacrificed his life to participate in the Holy Grail War.

Unexpectedly, on the very first day of summoning heroic spirits, a god descended.

And it solved his health problems.

Nothing about the Holy Grail War matters to him anymore.

Once he had taught Tokiomi Tohsaka a lesson, he would take Sakura and run away together.

Leave Fuyuki City.

"Uncle Yanye."

The purple-haired little girl looked at the man in front of her, her empty eyes showing a hint of confusion.

The scars on my uncle's face have disappeared, and his eyes, which should have been blinded by the Imprinter, are now normal.

Moreover, I can no longer feel the restless magic within my uncle's body.

The magic was working smoothly.

Compared to Kariya Matou, who has no talent as a magician, Sakura Matou's magical talent far surpasses that of Kariya Matou.

It was just a glance that it was clear the other person was in an exceptionally good state.

"Sakura, is that right?"

Sakura stepped forward and looked at the purple-haired little girl in front of her.

The infestation by the Crest Worms turned his once black hair purple, and his magic circuits were now filled with traces of the Crest Worms.

Moreover, the Imprint Bugs are...

Sakura's gaze fell on Matou Sakura's lower body.

Her emerald eyes were slightly cold at that moment.

"Sakura, don't worry about anything."

"After this period, your uncle will take you to live in the next city."

Matou Kariya looked at Matou Sakura and spoke with some excitement.

"Forget it, I don't think the neighboring city is exactly a peaceful place either."

"Let's go to the neighboring country."

Sakura spoke up at this moment.

Matou Kariya paused for a moment, then nodded heavily when he saw the prominent words "predict the future" on the other person's face.

"Okay, let's go to the neighboring Dongda University!"

(End of this chapter)